Walking eastward from Zhangye City, Prince Modinanga, the envoy of the Kushan Empire, has gradually become numb.
Every city he passes along the way is about the same size as Gandhara, the capital of his Kushan Empire.
Wuwei City is even more prosperous than Gandhara, and the city is taller.
On the fifth day of July, the Western Patrol Army returned to Chang'an.
The city was deserted.
Emperor Liu Bian personally came to the city gate with his civil and military ministers to greet him.
Several of his wives, including Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Cai Yan and He Hou, were also standing in the crowd.
I am holding my baby in my arms and looking forward to it.
I have been away for more than half a year.
How can I not miss him?
The army approached the city gate, and the crowds on both sides of the main road outside the city cheered.
Liu Cheng dismounted his horse and quickly walked towards Liu Bian, "Greetings to your Majesty, please come to greet him outside the city in person.
It is a sin for a humble minister."
Liu Bian immediately stepped forward to help Liu Cheng up and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is not guilty, please get up quickly.
I have heard about your achievements and experiences in Xiliang and the Western Regions.
It is very exciting.
All civil and military officials in the court are inspired."
Liu Cheng said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are ridiculous.
What I have done is my duty and it is not worth mentioning."
Liu Bian said: "It's getting late, I have ordered the imperial chef to prepare a banquet to welcome the emperor's uncle."
"Thank you, Your Majesty.
When your Majesty was in the Western Region, the Great Yueshi Kingdom in the West sent a delegation headed by Modi Nanga.
They wanted to exchange credentials with our country and strengthen exchanges between the two sides.
This time Prince Modi Nanga also led the delegation.
The regiment and the ministers came together to pay a visit to His Majesty."
Liu Bian said with joy on his face: "Oh, does the Da Yueshi also admire our Celestial Dynasty?
Uncle Huang, do you think this prince should also be invited to the banquet today?"
Liu Cheng shook his head and said: "The banquet prepared by your majesty is for the soldiers who patrolled the west.
If you invite envoys from Dayuezhi Kingdom to go, it seems that you don't attach much importance to it.
Who is the guest of honor?
So, Wei Chen thinks that we will let it go for now.
Send someone to lead the envoy to stay in the post house, and call the Yuezhi envoy to the palace for a formal audience the next day.
Only in this way can we show that we attach great importance to it."
Liu Bianlian claimed: "What the emperor's uncle said is absolutely true.
Let's do it like this.
As soon as the emperor's uncle comes back, he will have a good rest for a few days.
When he has had enough rest, he will arrange for the envoys of the Dayue clan to come to the palace to see him."
Liu Cheng cupped his fists and said: "I obey the order."
Immediately, Liu Bian got on the imperial chariot and went ahead.
Liu Cheng arranged for the soldiers to camp outside the city and waited for a series of things before meeting Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Cai Yan, Queen He and other women.
He hugged a few more children before going up.
He got a large carriage and all the girls rode into the city.
After the carriage had walked for a while, Liu Cheng said to the girls: "You take the children home first.
I have to go to the palace for a banquet with my generals and officials.
The Yueshi envoy still needs to make arrangements, and it may be late.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
It won’t take until one o’clock to go back” "Then come back early" "Okay."
Liu Cheng agreed, got off the carriage, and watched the carriage leave before getting on the red rabbit horse and entering the palace with the officials and generals.
Before going to the banquet, they had to meet the emperor in the palace and report the process of the Western Expedition and Western Tour to the emperor.
In fact, it was just a process to show respect for the emperor.
Although Liu Bian had already read Liu Cheng's memorial, the feeling of listening to Liu Cheng's narration on the spot was different.
Liu Bian showed great interest, especially when he heard Liu Cheng describe the exotic customs of various countries in the Western Regions.
Listen especially carefully when giving favors.
After listening to Liu Cheng's story, Liu Bian sighed: "After listening to the emperor's uncle's description of the countries in the Western Regions, I regret not going with the emperor's uncle.
I don't know if I will have the opportunity to go there in this life.
It's a pity, by the way, emperor's uncle."
"How does Queen Jingjue look?
Is she beautiful?"
Liu Cheng smiled and said: "It starts and ends with beauty.
She is simply a peerless face, but she already has a husband.
Her husband is serving as General Zuo in Jingjue Kingdom."
Liu Bian felt pity and said: "The good cabbage has been given to the pigs, tsk tsk, there is a country in this world where women are kings, it is really strange."
"Your Majesty, there are quite a few countries in the world where women are kings.
There are many examples of women being kings in all the countries in the Western Regions.
Their subjects believe that the heir to the throne only needs to have royal blood.
If the previous king has no male after his death, If an heir succeeds to the throne, then the throne will be inherited by the daughter of the previous king, that is, the princess, and she will have the right to inherit in the order of eldest and youngest.”
“Very strange custom” Liu Cheng asked: "Your Majesty, I have arranged for the Yuezhi delegation to enter the palace to meet Your Majesty in three days.
I wonder what Your Majesty thinks?"
Liu Bian agreed: "Very good, let the emperor arrange everything.
I am very curious about the Dayue clan.
Classics record that the Dayue clan once lived in the Xiliang area.
How did they go further than the Western Regions?"
" Liu Cheng cupped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the ancestors of the Yuezhi people did not actually live in the Liangzhou area first.
About 2,500 years ago, the ancestors of the Yuezhi people migrated from the far west to the east.
They lived in Anxi for a period of time.
After a short time, they continued to migrate eastward, then crossed Congling and crossed the vast west.
Yu Damo arrived in Xiliang and settled down.
About the third year of Emperor Wen's reign, King Youxian of the Xiongnu led the Xiongnu fine cavalry to attack the Yuezhi Kingdom in Xiliang, which caused a devastating blow to the Yuezhi.
The Yuezhi people had to move westward.
One of them moved southeast into the Qiang land and was called the Little Yuezhi who moved westward.
One group was called the Dayuezhi.
They first crossed the Gobi Desert and the Tianshan Mountains to the west and lived on the land of today's Wusun.
Later, the Wusun people in the north and the Huns jointly attacked the Dayuezhi, and the Dayuezhi could not Instead of migrating south, the Kushan tribe, one of the Dayuezhi people, established the current Dayuezhi Kingdom.
Westerners They are called the Kushan Empire.
In fact, there is the Parthian Empire further to the west.
Further to the west of the Parthian Empire, there is also the vast Roman Empire.
In the north of the Parthian Empire, there is a group of Huns who moved westward and currently live in a huge area.
On the grasslands, they began to invade the barbarian Goths in the north of the Roman Empire."
Liu Bian's eyes sparkled when he heard this, and he said: "I didn't expect that there are so many countries to the west of the Western Region.
It would be great if I could go there."
Liu Cheng smiled and said: "Your Majesty's idea is good, but the big man needs your Majesty."
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Liu Cheng's introduction to the Western world aroused extensive discussions among the courtiers and broadened their horizons.
A minister stood up and said, "Lord Sikong, the countries to the west of the Western Regions you mentioned must be barbaric and uncivilized."
Liu Cheng shook his head and smiled: "No, since they are called an empire, they must have established a civilization.
The Kushan Empire has been officially established for about 150 years.
They have launched agriculture, animal husbandry and commerce , they not only do business with more western countries Italy, and also had commercial dealings with the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.
Many of the goods of our Han Dynasty were sold to the Kushan Empire.
The Parthian Empire in the west of the Kushan Empire has a history of more than 400 years, and it was forty years earlier than the founding of our country. for many years and further west in the Parthian Empire.
There is also a huge country called the Roman Empire.
Before the Roman Empire, there was the Roman Republic.
Its founding history is older than the Han Dynasty and the Parthian Empire.
They used stone tablets, clay tablets, metal sheets, wooden boards, papyrus and sheepskin as writing materials. material, dipped in reeds Ink was used as a writing tool to record words.
They used stones to build huge and majestic palaces and castles, which have been passed down for hundreds or thousands of years without being destroyed.
Their capital has a population no less than that of Chang'an and Luoyang.
This is a city that is not inferior to those of Chang'an and Luoyang.
The civilized country of the Han Dynasty” Liu Cheng's introduction and narration made many officials have the idea of wanting to visit and see the Western world.
A eunuch came over and whispered in Liu Bian's ear.
Liu Bian waved his hand and said: "Okay, the banquet in the palace has been prepared.
The emperor's uncle and the ministers will go to the banquet with me.
Let's eat and talk again."
Listen to the emperor's uncle telling stories about the Western Regions" Liu Bian is a very curious baby.
Perhaps he has been longing for the outside world after staying in the palace for a long time.
However, as an emperor, he cannot run around casually.
Even if he wants to go out to the palace, the ministers will definitely It is not allowed.
After all, his identity is too special.
Once the Kanto princes seize the opportunity to kidnap him, the fun will be great.
No one can bear this responsibility.
It was not until the evening that Liu Cheng was able to get out of the palace, but other ministers, officials and generals had already left.
It was Liu Bian who forced him to talk about the Western Regions that delayed him for a long time.
After Liu Cheng came out of the palace, he did not go back to Sikong Mansion directly, but came to He Hou's residence.
In fact, according to Liu Cheng's idea, he wanted her to live with Da Qiao and Cai Yan, but He Hou was worried about her Her identity was exposed, so she insisted on moving to another side.
Liu Cheng had no choice but to let her go.
"Damn it, why did it take you so long to come back?
It's been more than half a year since I left."
When He Hou saw Liu Chenggong, he couldn't help but pounce on him and beat him in his arms.
Liu Cheng hugged her and said: "The situation in the Western Region is too complicated.
It took a lot of time to deal with the affairs there, and there were many battles, so it took more than half a year.
But it is better now.
From now on, the Silk Road From Chang'an, we can reach all the countries in the Western Regions.
For at least twenty years, the countries in the Western Regions will not dare to rebel again, and the imperial court will have a stable rear."
He Hou breathed a sigh of relief and said: "According to what you said, your trip to the Western Regions is still worth it.
You have been there for so long, haven't you found some women from the Western Regions to sleep with you?"
Liu Cheng couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said: "I knew you would ask this.
In fact, we are in a strange place with many crises.
How can we think about these things?
The Western Region is weird and complicated.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
There are endless murderous poisonous insects and strange beasts in the desert.
Among the countries in the Western Region, There are also weird killing methods in it, which are simply unheard of.
So this time I took 10,000 cavalry, and the non-combat casualties alone reached 800.
These people either died of thirst on the way, were bitten to death by poisonous insects and strange beasts in the desert, were swallowed by quicksand, or were swept up by sandstorms.
Forget about disappearing into the sky without a trace, I am still planning to save up and come back to pay the public rations."
He Hou immediately undressed and took off his belt: "Then what are you waiting for?
The Ai family can't wait anymore":